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MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator (2nd Edition)

This Self-Paced Training Kit is designed to help maximize your performance on 70-647, a required exam for the Microsoft® Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator certification.

By using this training kit, you will learn how to do the following:

- Plan network and application services
- Design core identity and access management components
- Design support identity and access management components
- Design for business continuity and data availability

Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Then assess yourself using 200+ practice questions on the CD, which features multiple, customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

SAMS Active Directory Domain Services 2008 How-To

SAMS Active Directory Domain Services 2008 How-To

Need fast, reliable, easy-to-implement solutions for Microsoft Active Directory 2008? This book delivers exactly what you’re looking for. You’ll find nearly 250 tested, step-by-step procedures for planning, installing, customizing, and managing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in any production environment. Completely up-to-date, it fully reflects the brand new version of Active Directory introduced in Windows Server 2008, which contains the most significant changes since AD was first introduced. When time is of the essence, turn here first: get answers you can trust–and use–right now!

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server Enterprise Administration

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server Enterprise Administration

Announcing an all-new SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on 70-647, a required exam for the new Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.

Focusing on Windows Server 2008 enterprise administration, topics include planning networks and application services; designing core identity and access management components; planning for migrating, upgrading, and restructuring domains and forests; implementing PKI; and designing virtualization strategy.

Magazine Articles

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Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Access the Address Book with Ease

One of the real benefits of Microsoft Lync Server is the seamless manner in which you can access the updated address book from any device.

Published in the February 2012 issue of Microsoft TechNet Magazine.

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Lync Server 2010: Archiving Essentials

The need to properly and securely archive content has risen greatly over the last few years with compliance issues. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 can help.

Published in the July 2011 issue of Microsoft TechNet Magazine.

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Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Provisioning Mechanisms

There are many ways to provision Lync Server, each with varying degrees of capability and flexibility. It’s important to be familiar with all of them.

Published in the May 2011 issue of Microsoft TechNet Magazine.

AdminSDHolder, Protected Groups and SDPROP

In an ideal world, users are directed to the appropriate domain controller for Active Directory authentication, but this is not necessarily what happens in most organizations due to IP subnet information not being properly defined in Active Directory. This article presents a solution to ensure users locate the appropriate DC for authentication—a catch-all subnet to catch the authentication from clients on subnets are not defined in Active Directory.

Published in the September 2009 issue of Microsoft TechNet Magazine.

Using Catch-All Subnets in Active Directory

In an ideal world, users are directed to the appropriate domain controller for Active Directory authentication, but this is not necessarily what happens in most organizations due to IP subnet information not being properly defined in Active Directory. This article presents a solution to ensure users locate the appropriate DC for authentication—a catch-all subnet to catch the authentication from clients on subnets are not defined in Active Directory.

Published in the June 2009 issue of Microsoft TechNet Magazine.

Export, Compare, and Synchronize Active Directory Schemas

If your organization has multiple Active Directory forests, you need to manage multiple Active Directory schemas and ensure consistency between schemas. Check out our step-by-step guide to comparing and synchronizing Active Directory schemas in multi-forest environments.

Published in the April 2009 issue of Microsoft TechNet Magazine.

Interviews

TechNet Webcast: Talk TechNet with Keith Combs and Matt Hester – Episode 15: John Policelli on Directory Services (Level 200)

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Talk TechNet is all about discussing topics and trends in the world of IT Professionals. In this show we’ll have guest John Policelli. John is a IT Consultant and a Microsoft Directory Services MVP. Call in and join us for what promises to be a lively 60 minute session. Get some burning questions answered on Directory Services and Active Directory.
Presenters: Keith Combs, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Matt Hester, Senior IT Pro Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation, and John Policelli, IT Consultant, Microsoft Directory Services MVP

IT World Canada Windows 7: Will you or won’t you

I was interviewed in a Computer World Canada feature, Windows 7: Will you or won’t you, which covers Windows 7 adoption in Canada. The story interviews a number of IT Managers across industries and business environments to present an overview of business’ approach to Windows 7.

Stephen Ibaraki Exclusive Interview with John Policelli

This interview was subsequently featured on a number of websites, including:

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